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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF GASOLINE AND
OIL REQUIRED IN GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY OF
PA^UCAH, KENTUCKY DURING A PER LOD OF FOUR (4) MONTHS BEGINNING
OCTOBER 1st, 1946, and PROVIDING THAT PURCHASES SHALL BE
MADE UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE BIDS
SUBMITTED B1 SAID COMPANIES, AND UPON SUCH OTH:.R TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY MANAGER
EE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF C0I,3.II3SIONER3 OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1.
That the City tanager be, and he is authorized
for and on behalf of the City of Paducah to enter into a
contract with the Shell Oil Company for the purchase of hell
Premium Ethyl Gasoline in tank wagon quantities at ;;0.1675
per gallon, f.o.b. at the storage tanks of the city, said
price to include the state tax of 5� per gallon; also a con-
tract with the ::standard Oil Company for the purchase of Kyso
Diesel Lube H.D. Motor Oil (Detergent) in drum lots at 471 per
gallon exclusive of federal tax; and also a contract with the
Sinclair Refining Company for the purchase of Sinclair Pennant
Motor Oil at 38¢ per gallon, said gasoline and oil to be
purchased upon the order of the City of Paducah for use in
governmental operations for a period of four (4) months beginning
October 1st, 1946, and upon the terms and conditions set forth
in the bid of the Shell Oil Company dated Au ust 29th, 1946,
the bid of the Standard Oil Company dated August 28th, 1946, and
the bid of the Sinclair Refining Company dated August 29th, 1946,
which bids were received and filed by the Eoard of Commissioners
at a regular meeting held on September 10th, 1946, and the same
are referred to and made a part of this ordinance to the same
extdnt as if fully copied herein.
SEC TION 2.
The contracts under which said gasoline and oil will
be purchased shall further provide that in the event of a decline
in the retail price of any of said products at any time during
said period, the city shall be given the benefit of the reduction
in price, and the City Manager shall include in said contracts
such -•additional terms and conditions as may be necessary to
protect the interests of the City of Paducah.
SECTION 3.
As the various departments of the city must be
immediately supplied with gasoline and oil for the protection
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of the public health, safety and welfare, an emergency is here-
by declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force
i-0 and effect from and after its adopbion.
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, September 17, 1946
Passed by the Board of Commissioners, September 24, 1946.
Recorded by Rudy -Stewart City Clerk, September 24, 1946.